The new SPFA Geotechnical Applications Committee is planning it’s first meeting in April. If you are an SPFA-member supplier or a contractor that is currently using or considering using SPF foams for geotechnical applications, please consider joining this important new technical committee. If you are interested in joining, please contact Rick Duncan by email at rickduncan@sprayfoam.org.

Watch your inbox: Within the next several days, we will be sending out survey(s) to SprayFoam 2022 Attendees and Exhibitors. Our goal is to continually improve our work on your behalf. Please take the time to respond!  

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Workers who quit jobs last year — churning up the U.S. labor market — blame their departures on low pay, no opportunities for advancement and a feeling of disrespect at work, according to Pew Research Center.

Nonresidential construction material prices rose 2.5% from January to February and increased 25.1% compared with one year ago. Softwood lumber prices are up 22.2% year-over-year and 5.2% from January to February. Iron and steel prices are up 50.3% year-over-year and down 7.3% for the month. Natural gas rose 65.1% from January to February, and crude petroleum climbed 13.7%.

Construction employment increased in nearly three out of four U.S. metro areas in January compared to a year ago, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data.

The SPFA Equipment Committee has recently published a new TechDoc, SPFA-155 - Low Pressure Spray Polyurethane Equipment Guidelines. This new document, similar to SPFA-137 for high pressure equipment and SPFA-144 for coating equipment, provides an overview of equipment needed for safe application of low-pressure SPF materials. This document can be downloaded as a PDF free of charge for SPFA members or purchased from the SPFA Online Store.

SPFA Staff is pleased to announce that SprayFoam 2022 in San Antonio was a huge success.  We set a record attendance of 1,518, which is 31% greater than SprayFoam 2020 in Pasadena and 19% increase over our largest show in the central US region.

SPFA is doing its part to bring awareness of open positions in the industry to our members, partners, and untapped talent pools. For every one of these positions going unfilled it’s an opportunity missed, an extra staffing challenge drawing attention away from other important priorities, or a customer perhaps needing to wait longer than they should have to.